7 CFR § 30.10 - Cure.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s30.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 30.10 - Cure."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "30.10"
section_name: "Cure."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "TOBACCO STOCKS AND STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 502."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 5300, Feb. 12, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "30"
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# 30.10 Cure.

To dry the sap from newly harvested tobacco by either natural or artificial process. Proper curing is done under such conditions as will permit of the chemical and physiological changes necessary to develop the desired quality of color in tobacco.